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The Girl Before

By JP Delaney

Paperback

£7.99

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB CHOICETHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR, MAKE IT THE GIRL BEFORE...'An outstanding debut that is more than a match for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train' Sunday TimesTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CRIME & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEARTHE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTHTHE SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'DAZZLING' - Lee Child'ADDICTIVE' - Daily Express 'DEVASTATING' - Daily Mail'INGENIOUS' - The New York Times'COMPULSIVE' - Glamour Magazine 'ELEGANT' - Peter James 'SEXY' - Mail on Sunday'ENTHRALLING' - Woman and Home'ORIGINAL' - The Times'RIVETING' - Lisa Gardner'CREEPY' - Heat'SATISFYING' - Reader's Digest'SUPERIOR' - The Bookseller

'This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017 . . . This year The Girl Before will be that book' InStyle

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Enter the world of One Folgate Street and discover perfection . . . but can you pay the price? Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in, she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there - and starts to wonder if her own story will be a re-run of the girl before.

As twist after twist catches the reader off guard, Emma's past and Jane's present become inexorably entwined in this tense, page-turning portrayal of psychological obsession.

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Following in the footsteps of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, The Girl Before is being brought to the big screen by Academy Award winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment.

Fans can now read Believe Me, JP's second book and another classic from the master of psychological suspense.

Biographical Notes

THE GIRL BEFORE is the first psychological thriller from JP Delaney, a pseudonym for a writer who has previously written bestselling fiction under other names. It has been published in forty-one countries. A film version is being brought to the screen by Academy Award winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment.

Other details

ISBN:
9781786480262

Publication date:
25 Jan 2018

Page count:
448

Imprint:
Quercus

This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017 . . . This year The Girl Before will be that book — InStyle

I was instantly gripped and held captivated by the pace and elegant writing. I devoured it in two straight sittings — Peter James

A remarkably poised (debut) psychological thriller — The Sunday Times

Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller — Lee Child

The tension is built up subtly, leading to a devastating climax. A really clever thriller . . . [the film] will no doubt become the third big 'Girl' film — Daily Mail

Riveting! One of the most compelling page-turners I've read in years. Twisty, turny, and with an ending not to be missed! — Lisa Gardner

Slick, sexy, suspenseful and smart — Mail on Sunday

Original and entertaining — The Times

A deeply addictive literary thriller that deserves to be one of this year's biggest successes — Daily Express

Original and brilliantly written — The Sun

Get hooked on this hair-raiser about a woman who scores what seems like her dream home . . . until she finds out the mysterious fate of the previous tenant — Cosmopolitan

The plotting is exceptionally well thought-through — Irish Independent

A crisp psychological thriller — Sainsbury's Magazine

The Girl Before is more than worthy of the accolades . . . a complex triangle of twisted obsession . . . say goodbye to your nails — Boundless Magazine

A great thriller and one that instantly hooks you in, in the very first line, and never lets you go . . . utterly compelling and very satisfying . . . A wonderful portrayal of psychological obsession at its creepy best — Peter James for Big Issue North

An outstanding debut that is more than a match for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train — Sunday Times

The Girl Before is a cat-and-mouse game that toys with our expectations and twists our sympathies. At times almost unbearably suspenseful, it keeps us guessing from the first page to the very last. Don't miss it — Joseph Finder

Ingenious — The New York Times

JP Delaney builds the suspense — Vanity Fair

One of the best thrillers you'll read in 2017 — New York Journal of Books

A fast-paced page-turner — The Lady

Horribly compelling — Evening Standard

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